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In the Book of Mormon, Nephi (/ ˈ n iː f aɪ / NEE-fy) is a Nephite prophet whom Jesus calls as a disciple. Nephi's ministry was centered on Christ, and included prophesying of His birth, working miracles in His name, witnessing His visitation to the Americas after the Resurrection , and administering His church after He had ascended.
The First Book of Nephi: His Reign and Ministry (/ ˈ n iː f aɪ /), usually referred to as First Nephi or 1 Nephi, is the first book of the Book of Mormon, the sacred text of churches within the Latter Day Saint Movement, and one of four books with the name Nephi.
The Book of Nephi: Who Is the Son of Nephi—One of the Disciples of Jesus Christ, usually referred to as Fourth Nephi or 4 Nephi (/ ˈ n iː f aɪ / NEE-fy), is one of the fifteen books that make up the Book of Mormon. This book was first called "IV Nephi" in the 1879 edition [1] and "Fourth Nephi" in the 1920 edition of Book of Mormon. [2]
Nephi also mentions having sisters, though he does not give their names or birth orders. Little is known about Nephi's children. Religious scholar Grant Hardy suggests that all of Nephi's children may have been daughters at the time of passing on the record, or that his sons were influenced by Laman and Lemuel; his speculations are based on the fact that Nephi says he has children yet passes ...
Book of Mormon, 3 Nephi Chapter 28, account of the Three Nephites. D. L. Ashliman, ed. (2 October 2006), The Three Nephites , retrieved 7 August 2011 — a web based collection of reported encounters with the Three Nephites.
Grant Hardy has written that Nephi's narrative was written long after the events actually happened "from the spiritual and political needs of thirty years later." [8] Nephi had compelling reasons to shade events in his favor by overemphasizing God's role in the decision to kill Laban and underemphasizing his own. Furthermore, Hardy argues, when ...
Travelled into the wilderness with his family, murmured against his father and his younger brother Nephi 1, failed to obtain brass plates from Laban, smote brothers, stirred up Lemuel and sons of Ishmael 2 to kill Nephi 1, chastised by an angel, and brought generational curse upon own family and followers, who were named Lamanites after him (c ...
The Book of Mormon narrator Nephi quotes Zenock along with other nonbiblical and biblical prophets as part of a transition of topic and tone in the record he describes himself keeping. The first portion of Nephi's narration pertains to the history and experiences of his family (1 Nephi 1–18).